Last Minute Gift Soap

This is one of those projects that is more “hand assembled” than “handmade”, but I wanted to include it in my Handmade Christmas series anyway.  Anyone can make this, no skill or craftiness required!  It only takes 2 minutes to pull together, and works as a perfect hostess gift.  I’ve been using one of these in my kitchen for the past four years and I love it.  I am up for anything to make doing dishes a little prettier.

Start with an empty oil bottle.  You can get these in the kitchen section of most large stores (Target, Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Big Lots sometimes).  You’ll also need some kitchen dish soap (I prefer yellow) and an artificial flower.  Take the flower apart so you can use just a few layers of the petals.

Then it is as easy as stuffing the flowers into the jar and filling it up with soap.  Two minutes tops.

You can tie a ribbon around the bottle and give this gift by itself, or throw in a few new tea towels and a cute scrubbrush.  This also makes a good last minute shower or housewarming gift.

I love having this sit next to the sink instead of an ugly branded plastic bottle.  Just make sure the recipient knows that this is dish soap and not a fancy cooking oil!  I’ll post some sneak peaks of tomorrow’s project this afternoon.  It’s one of my very favorite’s so far but it is taking a little longer to put together than I expected.